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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the man tell Ari he gave up long ago?
(a) Killing.
(b) Drinking.
(c) Driving.
(d) Women.

2. How are Ari and the man described as the Minister thinks of being stuck in the car with them "on the way to his own execution" (7)?
(a) An intellect and a thug.
(b) A devotee and a sinner.
(c) A pragmatist and a rebel.
(d) A lunatic and a coward.

3. How long has the Marlboro Man been in prison before he is able to escape?
(a) 15 years.
(b) 30 years.
(c) 5 years.
(d) 3 months.

4. Where does the man who got into the car with the Minister tell him he wants to go?
(a) To the airport.
(b) To church.
(c) To a hotel.
(d) To a cafe.

5. What does the Marlboro Man do when they approach a checkpoint near the airport?
(a) He holds a knife to Ari's waist.
(b) He holds up a badge.
(c) He pulls a gun out.
(d) He squeezes his arm around the Minister.

6. What weapon does the man who said he was Red Cross use to frighten Ari?
(a) A knife.
(b) A bomb.
(c) A gun.
(d) A club.

7. What does the Marlboro Man say he helped build?
(a) The municipal building.
(b) The Minister's house.
(c) The church.
(d) The airport.

8. What does the Minister do when the Marlboro Man says, "You, too, are by brother" (12)?
(a) He tells his aide to arrest him.
(b) He ignores the man and says nothing.
(c) He waves to the man.
(d) He yells the same phrase back at the man.

9. How old is the Minister of Interior?
(a) Late 30s.
(b) Mid-60s.
(c) Late 70s.
(d) Early 50s.

10. What word does the Marlboro Man mispronounce while the Minister walks down the tarmac?
(a) Bon Voyage.
(b) Aloha.
(c) Adios.
(d) Ciao.

11. What does the Marlboro Man tell the Minister that the Prime Minister, whom he says took all the glory, really was?
(a) A schmuck.
(b) A conniving thug.
(c) A sly fox.
(d) Just a pretty face.

12. What word does the Marlboro Man use to describe the Prime Minister?
(a) Dimwit.
(b) Toughguy.
(c) Sissy.
(d) Snob.

13. How does the Minister know the man in the car is not from the Red Cross?
(a) The man told him he is not from the Red Cross.
(b) The Red Cross no longer exists.
(c) His uniform is not a Red Cross uniform.
(d) He does not have a Red Cross I.D.

14. What does the Marlboro Man tell the Minister he is a student of?
(a) Agriculture.
(b) Human nature.
(c) Philosophy.
(d) History.

15. What does Ari repeat over and over as he drives the man and the Minister?
(a) Please don't kill me.
(b) Please get out of the car.
(c) Please don't kill us.
(d) Please don't kill him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the man say gave him the nickname The Marlboro Man?

2. What does the man tell the Minister is different about both of them from their younger days?

3. What begins to happen just as the Minister reaches his plane at the end of the story?

4. What is the only thing the Prime Minister reads in the present?

5. What author does the Minister recall he and the Prime Minister reading in their youth?

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